Note: There is no support in this release for Windows XP Embedded Edition.

Warning: You must remove any beta or Community Technology Preview (CTP) versions of SQL Server Management Studio Express from your system before installing this package. Not doing so will cause installation of this package to fail.

Note: You must have administrative rights on the computer to install SQL Server Express Toolkit.

Step 2: Download SQL Server Express Toolkit by clicking the Download button at the top of this page. To start the installation immediately, click Run. To install SQL Server Express Toolkit at a later time, click Save. SQLExpr_Toolkit.exe is a self-extracting installation package of SQL Server Express Toolkit.

If you want to remove SQL Server 2005, we recommend that you use Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. If Add or Remove Programs does not uninstall SQL Server 2005, you can follow the steps to manually uninstall an instance of SQL Server 2005 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.